A caravan of 3,000 migrants left Tapachula, Mexico on Tuesday, making its way north to the United States border before potential policy changes after the presidential election, The New York Post reports. U.S. Border Patrol sources told the outlet that the agency was very much aware that Election Day would spark a new wave of migrants. The source said, “If Trump wins, they are gonna try to get here before he’s in office,” the source said. “It’s one last ‘[expletive] you’ to America.”

Another source said, “We knew that was coming because they want to get in before ‘orange bad man’ wins.”

Former President Donald Trump has made the border one of the top issues of his campaign and has vowed to deport millions of illegal migrants if he wins. Unsurprisingly, many migrants fear that a Trump victory would lead to a halt in asylum programs, spurring them to try and reach the U.S. before January. Even if Vice President Kamala Harris wins, she has promised to shore up border security.

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